Improved washing-machine



PATENT OFFICE.

B. BISBEE, OFv EAST PHARSALIA, YORK.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,075. dated August 14, 1866.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, B.BISBEE, of East Pharsalia, in the county of Chenango and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and eXact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates particularly to improvements in that class of washing-machines `in which a revolvilig cylinder is used, into Whose interior the fabrics, Sto., to `be washed are placed and whirled round to cleanse them.

I employ any suitable-shaped box or suds- 'tub in which to journal my improved cylinder.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a transverse section of the cylinder, taken on the line w :0,Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a View of the periphery of the cylinder. Fig. 3 is a View of a portion of the inside of the cylinder. Fig. 4 is a View of the means I employ for fastening the door of the cylinder ofa washing-machine.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The cylinder has two circular end walls, A, as usual. Upon these there are secured slats B B,A (not very broad,) which are placed one next the other all round, to complete the cylinder. If a line be drawn transversely across these slots at about the middle of their length, it would be found that the edge on one side is beveled off in one direction, leaving an opening into the interior of the cylinder, and the other side is beveled oft' in another direction. Thus, when the cylinder is rotated in one direction water will be forced in on the one side `by the revolution of the wheel, and the water will be thrown out by centrifugal force from the other side. This `will be fully understood by reference to Fig. 2 and the arrows on Fig. 1.

\ G C are cleats secured on the inside of each of these slats B. There are two on each` slat, the one extending up from one end of the cylinder and them other from theopposite end. These cleats do not run parallel with the length of the slats, but are placed obliquely, as shown in Fig. 3. Those on the one half ofthe cylinder point in a different direction from those on the other, so that the one set will cause the water as it reaches the slats to be dashed toward the center, and in the other to facilitate its progress out of the cylinder.

The manner I adopt for fastening the door is at once simple and efficient. Astrip of metal, D, is secured at some intermediate point of its own length to the end of the door, its upper end being capable of being pressed toward the door so as to throw the other endoff of a pin, d, secured in the end of the cylinder.

There is a catch, D d, on each end of the door, and they not only facilitate the opening of the door, but, when desired to close the latter, it is only necessary to let it drop, when both catches will lock it securely.

In revolving the cylinder in either direction in the suds-tub the suds are not only allowed to pass freely in and out of the cylinder, but, by the construction of the slats, they are, as it were, drawn in at one side and forced out at the other.

By the arrangement of the cleats on the inside of the cylinder the clothes or fabrics being washed are prevented sliding around inside the cylinder, but caused to tumble, so to speak, around therein; and they are also kept away `from the outside slats, so as not to prevent the water entering the cylinder; but, on the contrary, by reason of their lying on top of the slats, they tend to direct the water obliquely toward the other end of the machine. Thus an efficient machine is produced.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The slats B B, having their edges beveled off on opposite sides, as shown, to form the openings for admitting to the interior of the cylinder the suds or water, substantially as shown and described.

2. The cleats C C, secured upon the inside of the slats B B at an angle therewith, orobliquely, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified. A v

3. In a cylinder washing-machine, the ernployment of the catch D d, for automatically locking the lid or `door of the machine and holding it when closed, as well as providing a quick means for liberating the door when desired, substantially as herein shown and described.

B. BISBEE.

Witnesses:

W. N. MASON, C. D. AYERS. 

